The peta2 Advice Blog: Kissing Meat-Eaters July 24, 2008

Feel uncomfortable kissing someone who has just eaten meat? This is for you!

I feel weird kissing my boyfriend knowing he just ate a cheeseburger. How should I handle that?

-Doesn't Like Burger Breath

So your boyfriend just ate a cheeseburger. First of all, ew. Believe it or not, I have dealt with this a few times in my years, and after shedding some light on factory farming for the boy, you'll be a master at turning boys vegetarian (seriously, I rule at this!). Sitting down together and watching something like "Earthlings" or "Meet Your Meat" is a good way to educate. Sometimes seeing a visual rather than simply hearing it has a lot more impact. If your boyfriend is anything like mine, he'll give up the meat in a second—even if it's simply out of respect for you! xoxo, Shan (the queen of turning boys veg)

I couldn't agree with you more and to be honest I think your boyfriend should have a little more respect for you than to try to kiss you after he has just eaten a cheeseburger. I would just let him know that you think it's gross and I think he will be more interested in kissing you than eating a burger in the future. - Martin

I have a whole list of rules on the conditions under which my boyfriend will get a kiss—if he's eaten vinegar, baked beans, brown sauce, ketchup (the list goes on and on) he's going to get the hand block right in the face! However, with a meat eating boyfriend, these boundaries are all the more important. There's nothing more repulsive that finding a rogue piece of hamburger caught up in that bit of fluff on his top lip (which he refers to as his "moustache")! If you lecture your lad about his meat eating, you'll just push him away so I would try the "softly softly" approach by taking your fella out to a veggie restaurant and treating him to a vegan chicken sandwich, or soy cheese Pizza, and then smothering him with kisses! He'll soon make the connection that when he eats cruelty free, he can have his (vegan) cake and eat it, without facing the hand block! - Violet

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They really should devote a show to this. I, for one, could offer up some good advice on the topic. Currently, I am happily dating a nice vegan boy (look to the right), but unfortunately this hasn't always been the case. I have in the past...dated meat eaters (gasp!).

Here are my top 5 reasons why dating a meat eater is not so good (at least for me):

1. It's hard to look lovingly in their eyes if their mouth is chompin on a chicken
2. They don't think it's funny when you wear a "Vegetarians Taste Better" t-shirt
3. They don't know any good tofu scramble recipes
4. They don't share the same passion of discovering new fake meat products
5. Kissing a meat mouth is just gross

Some would argue that dating a meat eater is good because you can convert them, but unfortunately my experience has been that they lure you in with the prospect of going veg, but run out for a KFC Infamous Bowl the first chance they can get.

So kids, the lesson I would like to leave you with is this: once you go vegan you never go back.

xoxo-Lara

P.S. If anyone else has had the same experience, let me know by commenting below!

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